19.0% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adelaide City · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Adelaide City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Adelaide City volunteer, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. While the city is very active in community work, it has some of the lowest rates of unpaid care and housework in the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.0% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This rate is also a little above the South Australian average, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 11.9% of people caring for children—a figure far below the national 26.3%. Similarly, the proportions of people providing other unpaid care or doing heavy housework are among the lowest in the country.
7.9% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.9% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.6% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.2% of the population. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.2%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Adelaide City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40101/adelaide-city/topic/community